Ischemic-Like Cholangiopathy With Secondary Sclerosing Cholangitis in Critically Ill Patients

Abstract

SC-CIP is a severe and in most cases rapidly progressive complication of intensive care patients. Ischemic injury of the biliary tree with the formation of biliary casts and subsequent ongoing biliary infection due to multiresistant bacteria seem to be major pathogenic mechanisms in the development of this new entity of sclerosing cholangitis.